10:41 PM,
Oct. 9, 2012

Written by

Albert Bender

Little known by most non-Native Americans is the official U.N. report on the living conditions of Native Americans issued in September. The report was compiled by S. James Anaya, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Anaya is a New Mexico law professor of Apache and Purapecha descent.

The report is the first of its kind by the U.N. and may upset some political applecarts. Nothing of this kind has been done since the Meriam Report of the 1930s, which caused a political uproar that brought positive changes for Native Americans.